[alt-photo] Re: Paper issues

[BOB KISS]

DEAR DIANA,
	Great Scott, Holmes!  Using grant money I purchased around 200
sheets of COT 320 (11X14) about 2 years ago.  How "recently" did you order
the COT 320 that looks grainy?  I bought some 20X24 within the last year and
it prints fine.  
	Also, from where did you buy it?  The US Bergger office?  The one in
Paris?
		CHEERS!
			BOB

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Diana Bloomfield
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:40 PM
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Subject: [alt-photo] Paper issues

Not related to Strathmore-- but speaking of paper, I recently ordered some
COT320.  I was printing pt/pd on it, and the results were very grainy.  I
was using a digital negative, so I re-did the negative-- thinking that might
be the problem.  Still grainy.  So I printed the same thing on Arches
Platine-- no problem at all.  I discovered an old sheet of COT320 I had,
from a year or so ago-- and printed it on that.  It was perfect.  So-- this
whole new batch of COT320 I got seems to be awful (for pt/pd).  I don't know
if this is a permanent change, or I just got a bad batch.  It's very
annoying when that happens.  On the other hand, I had recently purchased
this Magnani Revere paper and printed some pt/pd on it-- and it was really
so so nice-- now my favorite paper for pt/pd.  Haven't yet tried anything
else on it.

Diana

On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Christina Anderson wrote:

> Eric,
> You, know, at first I was incredulous that a paper manufacturer would not
correct this problem, but then I think it isn't meant for wet media I
suppose. It sure does print beautiful tones in VDB.
> 
> In the past I've been a paper snob, only using 22x30 sheets of the usual
suspects, but in the last couple years I have decided to buy the normal
block pads at art stores to see if they are equally good. Last year was
mostly a disaster doing that with argyrotype so I was expecting the same
this year with VDB (I try to alternate between kallitype, VDB, and
argyrotype when teaching) but Canson and Strathmore pulled through as being
great paper choices.
> 
> I usually have a stack of Fabriano Artistico HP, Crane's Cover, Weston,
Arches Platine, and Cot 320 on hand at all times which for me covers all
processes I might need to do, but none of these are common stock at smaller
art stores.
> Chris
> 
> Christina Z. Anderson
> 
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